Winsock control and asynchronous

[jasiu]

I am using the standart Winsock control provided in Vb6 to connect to other hosts on the net, but each connect freezes the application, is there a method in which I can make the Winsock control to asynchronous communication ? It really looks bad when the application freezes just to resolve a host name, what can I do ?

tia

[phunkydude]

The WinSock control is an asynchronous Control (the events are fired when a conneciton is made, data is received, etc).
Check that you have the right Service Pack installed (NT4 SP6 fixed some WinSock problems). Check that your IP settings are correct.
You can also use the getsockopt and setsockopt APIs to tweak the socket (check MSDN, Winsock 2 reference).
I prefer using Winsock API functions instead (yep, I like getting dirty).
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